{"id":2250279,"date":"2024-05-22T11:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T15:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-against-ireland-spain-and-norways-unilateral-recognition-of-palestinian-state\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T11:52:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T15:52:20","slug":"us-against-ireland-spain-and-norways-unilateral-recognition-of-palestinian-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-against-ireland-spain-and-norways-unilateral-recognition-of-palestinian-state\/","title":{"rendered":"US opposes Ireland, Spain, and Norway&#8217;s unilateral recognition of Palestinian state"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-against-ireland-spain-and-norways-unilateral-recognition-of-palestinian-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2250279&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden administration supports a two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-expects-ties-visit-by-morocco-to-israel-next-week\/\" title=\"Netanyahu expects ties visit by Morocco to Israel next week\">-state solution<\/a> for\u2063 Israel and Palestine but opposes Spain, Norway, and\u2063 Ireland&#8217;s unilateral recognition of \u200ba Palestinian state.\u200b Israel reacted by recalling\u2064 ambassadors, while Palestinian Authority welcomed the move. President Biden reaffirmed the two-state solution. The impact of \u200dthe European \u2064countries&#8217; decisions remains uncertain, with the potential for \u200dmore European nations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-regulator-to-lift-boeing-737-max-grounding-in-january\/\" title=\"European regulator to lift Boeing 737 MAX grounding in January\">follow suit<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration<\/a> supports a two-state solution between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> and the Palestinian territories but believes that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3012698\/norway-ireland-spain-recognize-palestine-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Spain, Norway, and Ireland\u2019s<\/a> \u201cunilateral recognition\u201d of a Palestinian state is not the appropriate way to do it.<\/p>\n<p>The three European countries announced on Wednesday their declaration of intent to recognize Palestine as an independent state, though they did so without Israeli support, which is why the administration does not support their decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president is a strong supporter of a two-state solution and has been throughout his career,\u201d a National Security Council spokesperson told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cHe believes a Palestinian state should be realized through direct negotiations between the parties, not through unilateral recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden <\/a>reiterated last weekend that a two-state solution is \u201cthe only solution\u201d in which people in both areas can live \u201cin peace, security, and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to Spain\u2019s, Norway\u2019s, and Ireland\u2019s decisions, Israel recalled its ambassadors to the three countries and summoned their envoys, whom Israeli officials accused of rewarding Hamas for its Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war. Comparatively, President Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of\u00a0the Palestinian Authority, welcomed the decisions and called on others to \u201crecognize our legitimate rights and support the struggle of our people for liberation and independence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israelis, including Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>, have repeatedly denounced a two-state solution since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-blake-last-in-line-of-cold-war-spies-who-betrayed-britain-dies-at-98\/\" title=\"George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98\">war began<\/a>, arguing that doing so would effectively amount to rewarding terrorism. Hamas killed roughly 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped another 250 people, roughly half of whom remain hostage in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear whether the move by Spain, Norway, and Ireland will have a major impact, though it could lead to additional European countries following their lead. Some 140 countries of the roughly 190 countries in the United Nations have already recognized a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is extremely significant,\u201d an Arab diplomat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn44j1njggjo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told the BBC\">told the BBC<\/a>. \u201cIt reflects European frustration with the Israeli government\u2019s refusal to listen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it puts pressure on the EU to follow suit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>French, Croatian, and Maltese officials have said they do not intend to recognize a Palestinian state in the immediate future, though they expressed support for it long term, according to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/palestinian-state-recognized-european-countries-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Associated Press<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The move demonstrates Israel\u2019s degraded standing among several Western countries due to its war in Gaza against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a>. The war, which has gone on for roughly seven months, has left much of the strip destroyed and all of the population facing famine, with most people having to flee their homes. The exact death toll is impossible to verify, though Israeli leaders have indicated roughly 30,000 people have been killed, nearly half of whom were terrorists, while the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry has said roughly 35,000 people have been killed, though it does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.<\/p>\n<p>Norway\u2019s recognition of Palestinian statehood comes more than three decades after it hosted the meetings that led to the Oslo Accords, which was the framework for a two-state solution that came close to resolving the conflict but failed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spain, Norway, and Ireland\u2019s recognition of a Palestinian state is another loss of sorts for Israel in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/world-economic-forum-suspends-invitation-to-president-trump-from-future-conferences-opens-this-years-globalist-fest-with-chinese-leader-xi-jinping\/\" title=\"World Economic Forum Suspends Invitation to President Trump from Future Conferences \u2013 Opens This Year\u2019s Globalist Fest with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping\">international community<\/a>. Earlier this week, the International Criminal Court announced its pursuit of arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, while the\u00a0International Court of Justice considers allegations of\u00a0genocide that Israel has strenuously denied.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is pursuing a wide-ranging agreement among the U.S., Israel, and Saudi Arabia that would include a pathway for Palestinian statehood, though the deal has not been completed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration backs a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. However, it disagrees with Spain, Norway, and Ireland&#8217;s unilateral recognition of Palestine. 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